Dear Richard, Many thanks for this.
> That information on the JASPP site is extremely specific to the Pi and > RISC OS 5. It's the easiest way to get the old games working. ADFFS (the > key compatibility software behind JASPP) actually works on original > Archimedes hardware, Risc PC hardware, and the more modern RISC OS > platforms such as the Pi (covering RISC OS 3.1, 3.[5/6/7], 4.0 and 5). > > !Boot.Loader is specific to the RISC OS 5 Pi distribution, so you won't > find it on a real Risc PC or RPCEmu (remember, RPCEmu emulates a real Risc > PC). > Apologies for my inexperience here! Because !Boot.Loader existed on the EasyBundle files I assumed that it was being used and was necessary. > You could try running ADFFS on RISC OS 3.7 within RPCEmu (I'm not sure if > RISC OS 5 running on a Risc PC would be a supported configuration). > However, some time ago, it was reported that RPCEmu could not run ADFFS - > this may be fixed in later versions of RPCEmu. > I've tried installing ADFFS on the RISC OS 3.7 and 5 EasyBundles via PackMan and have had problems on both. On RISC OS 5 I can install ADFFS and it can be loaded. I can also install games from JASPP via PackMan, but they are not playable, freezing on load or on the splash screen. On RISC OS 3.7 I can install ADFFS via PackMan but ADFFS cannot be loaded. I get the message "Application may have gone wrong. Click Continue to try to resume or Quit to stop Application." Clicking Details gives "Internal error: abort on data transfer at &0226C9B4". I'm not familiar enough with RISC OS to have an idea how to solve this I'm afraid. Another option is to use Arculator, which emulates an Archimedes-class > machine, so you can run RISC OS 2 or 3.1 as necessary. ADFFS could still > be helpful here for compatibility, but you might find the games work > without it. Last time I checked, though, there was no macOS build of > Arculator. I did have some success getting it working under Wine, but that > was a couple of years ago. > It looks like someone played with this a couple of years ago. https://bitbucket.org/myelin/arculator/src/for_upstream/ A Pi is the easiest way. :) > Probably true! I'm not sure I'm able to pursue that at the moment, or Arculator. It's a shame things don't work on RPCEmu - this would be a nice solution, and getting RISC OS going was a matter of moments. I was very impressed with how straightforward it was. Many thanks and best wishes, Luke
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